Can anyone give me the plot of the story in a series of sequence of events sentences (10-15) ?I need this ,please answer me

This is a great story and an easy
read!

The Pearl tells the story of a poor Mexican pearl diver named
Keno, his wife, Juana, and the couple's infant son, Coyotito. The family lives in a poor
fishing village, and has very little money. As the story begins, a scorpion sneaks into
the crib of Coyotito and stings him. The family kills the intruder and immediately
rushes the infant to see the town doctor, but the doctor turns them away because they
are poor and of native descent.

Juana does what little she can to
provide a makeshift home remedy and keep the child's infection from spreading, and Keno
goes diving for pearls in hopes to find one that he can use to pay for the necessary
treatment. While diving, Keno discovers a giant pearl -- "The Pearl of the World" -- and
he is eager to sell it at the market the following day.

News of Keno's
newfound fortune spreads all over the towns, and even though Keno refuses to sell the
pearl at the markets (the pearl-buyers call his prize "a monstrosity" and offer him far
less than what he perceives its value to be), Keno becomes the talk of his village. The
once-dismissive doctor returns to check on the ailing Coyotito, and the money-hungry
medic applies some sort of "treatment" that only serves to worsen the child's condition
(and thus necessitate further treatment and guarantee future payment from the family's
newfound fortune). That same night, an intruder breaks into Keno's home and attempts to
steal the pearl.

Desperate to save their son but blinded by the
perceived value of their pearl, Keno and Juana flee the town and head for the city under
the cover of nightfall. As they attempt to flee, they find that their canoe has been
destroyed. Keno becomes increasingly paranoid after killing a would-be robber; he
physically assaults his wife when she suggests that the pearl is the cause of their
plight, yet he forces the family to press onward as they are pursued by a posse of armed
men as they make their journey high into the mountains.

Realizing that
the posse will capture them and the pearl once their escape has proven fruitless, Keno
stashes Juana and Coyotito in a nearby cave and ambushes the three armed men in the
story's climax. While grappling with his pursuers, Keno triggers one of the men's
rifles, and when the smoke clears, Keno realizes that he has inadvertantly killed his
own child.

Heartbroken, Keno and Juana carry the bloody lump of their
child's remains back into the fishing village before throwing the cursed pearl back into
the waters from whence it came.

I need to write an essay, but I dont know where to start?!?The essay I need to write is on the following promt: WRITING SITUATION: "Dont start...

You are going to be fine writing your essay!  That is an
interesting prompt to work with, and all you need is a little
help.

What is going to be the main idea in your essay? The
writing prompt really gives it to you, doesn't it?  The idea that you shouldn't start
something you can't finish really is an important idea, and clearly, that is going to be
the main point of your paper.

So, now you have your main
idea.  How are you going to support that idea?  Why is it a good idea to complete things
you started?  What reasons can you offer?  When you think of some good reasons, for
example, maybe three reasons, you can write a thesis statement that essentially says,
"Finishing things you start is a good idea because....."  Of course, you don't have to
say it just like that, and I'm sure you will find a better way to express that idea for
yourself.

A thesis statement on its own does not make an
introduction.  An introduction is just like walking up to someone on the street and
leading that person into your main idea. You would not walk up to someone you didn't
know and say,"I think it's important to finish what you start."  You would lead into
that idea gradually, which is what the introduction does.  Place your thesis statement
at the end of your introduction.

Once you have a thesis
statement that lists the reasons that support your main idea, you have a structure for
your body paragraphs. For each reason that you give, you will have one body paragraph
that talks about just that reason.  Give your body paragraph a topic sentence.  And be
sure that all the sentences that follow in that paragraph give examples and details that
support your topic sentence.

Let me give you an example of
what I am talking about. If I were writing this essay, one of my reasons I think
finishing things is important is because it teaches us commitment.  There are so many
examples in everyone's life that support that idea.  I remember when I was young, my
mother would not let me sign up for any extracurricular activities unless I finished the
whole school year or the whole semester, whatever the time frame was.  When I wanted to
take piano lessons, I had to commit to an entire year. When I wanted to join the Girl
Scouts, I had to commit to an entire school year.  So these are examples that show how
that main idea taught me commitment.

Once you have one body
paragraph for each of your reasons, it's time to wrap it up in a concluding paragraph. 
A conclusion should remind your reader what your main idea is and give the reader a
review of the reasons you discussed.

Once you have done all
of this, it doesn't mean you are done working. It is time to go over the essay, make
sure your introduction is smooth, make sure each body paragraph keeps a good focus, and
check to see if your conclusion has any new information, which it should not.  Once that
is done, it is time to go over the essay again and proofread slowly and carefully. 
Sometimes I do both of those steps twice before I feel I am truly done.  And it might be
that you have to do both of those steps more than twice. Writing is a messy business,
and it is hard to get it right the first time.  But you can do
this!

Can I have some help in the analysis of "Laundrette" by Liz Lochhead?We sit nebulous in stream It calms the air and makes the windows stream...

The first part of an analysis of a poem is understanding
what is being said! This may be a bit of a challenge with Lochhead's "Laundrette." The
reason is that she takes Shakespearean plays on words and puns to new 20th century
heights. The beginning of analysis, then, is a consultation with a good
dictionary.

Let's take on a few of Lochhead's words and see if we can
find our way. The first line presents a pun in the third word. "Nebulous" may mean
unclear or vague. It may also mean cloud-like and hazy. While there may be a double
meaning to Lochhead's choice of "nebulous," let's examine the more immediately sensible
of the two. If we apply the meaning of cloud-like and hazy, we find an orientation to
the setting of the poem: the setting is a laundromat where the air is so full of the
steam of wash that a cloud has formed that is engulfing the patrons and streaming in
droplets down the windows. This nebulous presence also establishes that the speaker is
not alone, there are others in the laundrette, which is important later on when
individual patrons are examined and described.

As the droplets stream
"rippling" down, we look out the window beyond the laundrette and see big houses across
the street ("the hinterland": areas remote from cultural centers) that have been
rendered into "bedsits" (i.e., a room furnished with a sink in a mini-kitchenette, a
chair and a bed, or accommodations for poor people)--nothing like the elegant homes they
once were. Through this very interesting technique of following a nebulous cloud to the
windows covered with rippling droplets and beyond to big houses turned into weekly room
rentals, Lochhead expands the setting and describes the socio-economic level of the
patrons of the laundrette.

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We sit nebulous in stream
It calms the
air and makes the windows stream
rippling the hinterland's big houses to a
blur
of bedsits - not a patch on what they were
before.

Let's drop down a bit
to two instances of personification:

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Our duds don't know which way to
turn.
The dark shoves one man in,
lugging a bundle like a wandering
Jew.

The focus has shifted
from the patrons to the washing being done. The "duds," a colloquialism for clothes, in
the first personification, are disoriented and "don't know which way to turn," which is
a pun on the agitating action of the washing machines (which may be its own pun and part
of the cause of the duds’ disorientation: agitation!).

The second
personification redirects attention back to consideration of the patrons and paves the
way for a psychological examination of some. The personified dark “shoves one man in."
He is shoved either because he is reluctant to enter the nebulous steam of the soapy
laundrette or because he is too weak under his load, "lugging a bundle," to manage to
get through on his own--or both. The use of the simile "like a wandering Jew" leads to
the conclusion that weakness and suffering are surely part of the man's story. The poem
progresses by examining the  "youngwife" and the "deadpan" woman and the
"dourman."

Some other words to look up for further understanding
are:

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rickle
smithereens
finale
fankle
flotsam

[I
found each on href="http://www.tfd.com/">TheFreeDictionary.com, which is an online
catalogue of definitions from reputable established dictionaries like Collins English
Dictionary and American Heritage Dictionary]

In Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Idylls of the King, what are some of the main themes in the section VIII -- the section about the holy grail?

In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem Idylls of the
King, the section dealing with the holy grail deals with a number of
important themes.  Some of these are suggested early in this segment of the
Idylls, when Percivale, a one-time knight of King Arthur’s
roundtable (although now a religious hermit) is asked by an elderly priest (Ambrosius)
why he left the round table:

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‘Tell me, what drove thee from the Table
Round,
My brother? was it earthly passion
crost?'

'Nay,' said the knight; 'for no such passion
mine.
But the sweet vision of the Holy Grail
Drove me from all
vainglories, rivalries,
And earthly heats that spring and sparkle
out
Among us in the jousts, while women watch
Who wins, who falls;
and waste the spiritual strength
Within us, better offered up to
Heaven.'

In this response,
Percivale suggests many of the themes of the section as a whole.  These include the
following:

• the need to control earthly passions
  if one hopes to be a worthy follower of Christ and if one hopes to lead a worthy earthly
  life.


• the need to fix one’s attention on Christ
  (represented by the Holy Grail) if one hopes to be one of Christ’s worthy followers and
  if one hopes to lead a life truly worth living.


• the need
  to fix one’s attention on lofty goals and elevated purposes if one hopes to achieve a
  spiritually satisfying existence that will also be useful to
  others.


• the need to make sure that one’s ambitions and
  goals are truly elevated and worthwhile and that they are not rooted in selfishness and
  pride, the root of all sin.


• the need for true humility if
  one hopes to accomplish anything of genuine value and to be worthy of
  Christ.


• the real difficulty of attaining the spiritual
  and practical goals already enumerated.


• the alluring
  attractiveness of earthly temptations, which can distract one from goals that are truly
  worthwhile.


• the need to resist sexual temptations in
  particular, or at least the temptation to want to “show off” before members of the
  opposite sex.


• the need to employ wisely the spiritual
  potential that God grants to all human beings and to use this gift to the glory of
  God.


• the need to focus, ultimately, on the afterlife
  rather than on mere earthly existence. Everything we do on earth should be motivated by
  sublime, lofty ideals.

Elsewhere in “The Holy
Grail” section of Idylls (particularly near the end), the point is
made that not all human beings can attain the kind of spiritual purity attained by
Galahad. Yet one can still live a life useful to others if one focuses on more limited
but still valuable goals.

How does the Anglo-Saxon definiton of "hero" vary from the modern definiton? Use textual support from Beowulf and other sources to support your...

The characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon hero can differ
greatly from the modern hero. Anglos looked for their heroes to possess the following
characteristics:

1. Epic battles were only against foes
equal to or stronger than the protagonist.

2. The greatness
of the hero depended upon the greatness of the battle and the greatness of their
ancestry.

3. The Anglo hero was required to "Help thy
neighbor."

4. The Anglo hero was a leader, a warrior, and a
polished speaker.

5. The Anglo hero was in a quest for fame
and glory- given his fame and glory could be given to
God.

In the Epic poem Beowulf, when Beowulf arrives upon
the Danes shores, the sentinel and the herald both recognize Beowulf as a hero. His
physical appearance, his eloquent speech, and his ancestry all show him to be a
hero.

Today, people (cultures) have many different heroes.
A standard definition cannot be made given the great variety between personal
interpretations regarding what a hero is. Some may find an athlete a hero because they
make a lot of money and are on TV. Another person may look at a celebrity as a hero (for
similar reasons as the athlete).

For many, given the
chaotic world we live in, many other look to the people who protect us on a daily basis:
police, firemen, and the armed forces. For many, these are the true heroes. These men
and women risk their lives everyday to insure freedoms, save lives, and protect the
country as a whole. In the wake of 911, many people have changed their definition of
what a true hero is.

Please check out the video links as an
example of my own personal definition of a modern day hero.

There are 14 desks of 4 types; desks with 1 drawer, 2 drawers, 3 drawers and 4 drawers. There are 33 drawers altogether.The number of 2 drawer...

This problem can be solved using systems and
substitution.

Assign variables as
follows:

a:  1 drawer
desks

b:  2 drawer desks

c:  3
drawer desks

d:  4 drawer
desks

Here is what we know:

a
+ b + c + d = 14 (because there are 14 desks)

1a + 2b + 3c
+ 4d = 33 (because there are 33 drawers)

b + c = a (because
the combination of 2 and 3 drawer desks equals the number of 1 drawer
desks)

Substitute (b + c) in for a in both
equations.

(b + c) + b + c + d =
14

2b + 2c + d = 14

1(b + c) +
2b + 3c + 4d = 33

3b + 4c + 4d =
33

You now have the following system of
equations:

2b + 2c + d = 14

3b
+ 4c + 4d = 33

Multiplying the first equation by
-4.

-8d + -8c + -4d = -56

3b +
4c + 4d = 33

Now add the equations.  The variable d has
been eliminated.

-5b + -4c =
-23

To make this equation easier to work with, multiply
through by -1.

5b + 4c =
23

Solve for b.

b = (23 - 4c)
/ 5

Since b represents 2 drawer desks, it must be a whole
number.  The only value of c that will produce a whole number answer is
2.

b = (23 - 4 * 2) / 5

b =
(23 - 8) / 5

b = 15 / 5

b =
3

So now we know that b = 3 and c =
2. 

We already know that b + c =
a.

Therefore...

b + c =
a

3 + 2 = 5

a =
5

We also know that there are 14 desks. 
Therefore...

a + b + c + d =
14

5 + 3 + 2 + d = 14

10 + d =
14

d = 4

There
are 5 desks with one drawer, 3 desks with two drawers, 2 desks with three drawers, and 4
desks with four drawers.

You can check this
using the second equation.

1a + 2b + 3c + 4d =
33

1(5) + 2(3) + 3(2) + 4(4) =
33

5 + 6 + 6 + 16 = 33

33 =
33

This answer
works.

Answer:  There are 5 desks
with one drawer.

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, why did the protagonist commit suicide if he could have made a potion?

I would refer you back to the last chapter of this
excellent novel to re-read it very carefully. If you look at the last letter of Dr.
Jekyll and the explanation of what happened to him and how he started transforming into
Mr. Hyde, you will see that what brought him to a crisis point was the way that he
started transforming into Mr. Hyde without the potion, obviously symbolising the way
that his evil nature was growing stronger and taking control of his good side. When the
original salt that was used to make the potion ran out, Dr. Jekyll tried to obtain more,
but note what happened:

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I sent out for a fresh supply, and mixed the
draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I
drank it and it was without efficiency. You will learn from Poole how I have had London
ransacked; it was in vain; and I am now persuaded that my first supply was impure, and
that it was that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the
draught.

Thus Dr. Jekyll
found himself not being able to make any more potion due to the "unknown impurity" of
the first batch of salt. This leaves him trapped in a terrible position, with the evil
part of him growing stronger every hour, and with suicide as the only
escape.

How did Wharton use irony to balance her nostalgia and critical attitude in The Age of Innocence? Could anybody give me some hints?

Certainly Wharton shows her expertise in the area of irony
in her writing, and this great novel is no exception. Centrally, irony is used to
indicate the hypocrisy that is at the heart of the society of New York. For example, you
might like to consider the snobbish attitude that is revealed by the Welland family when
they go to St. Augustine for the winter with a group of servants to help them survive
the deprivation of being away from town. At one point, as they sit down to an incredible
breakfast, Mr. Welland comments to Newland:

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You see, my dear fellow, we camp—we literally
camp. I tell my wife and May that I want to teach them how to rough
it.

Clearly, there is no
"roughing it" in such luxurious surroundings and with such people, and Wharton makes us
laugh at the presumption of such characters as she exposes their various
foibles.

Of course, whilst a considerable amount of the
humour in this novel is thanks to irony, at the same time, irony also lends itself to
augment the central tragedy of this novel. Let us remember that Newland's association
with Ellen begins when he is sent to talk her out of divorcing her husband, thereby
sacrificing personal happiness for the happiness of her family. When he falls in love
with Ellen, she has learnt his lesson so well that she refuses to run away with him
because it would hurt May. Personal happiness is something that, with bitter irony, must
come second place to the happiness of the family and
others.

Therefore, in answer to your question, I would want
to explore the way in which irony is both used to criticise, sometimes incredibly
humorously, but also it is used to create the real sense of tragedy that dominates this
novel.

What is the relationship between Rowdy and Arnold when he still goes to school on the reservation?Can you explain it to me, I'm really confused.

Rowdy and Junior(Arnold) are best friends, but at certain
times this relationship is almost hidden. Perhaps this is why confusion has arisen for
you. Rowdy is super tough. Junior is a completely awkward nerd. These two characters
should not mix. Being best friends doesn't fit. But when no one is looking, Rowdy is
totally capable of being as dorky as Junior and this is what makes their relationship
thrive. Additionally, Rowdy will defend Junior at any opportunity he gets. In fact, it
is almost as if Rowdy enjoys being violent, particularly on behalf of Junior. Many
people try to bully Junior and this is part of where Rowdy gets opportunities to vent
his frustrations on humanity.

Now, when Junior goes to the
white school, their relationship changes forever as Rowdy feels slighted by
Junior.

What is a quote from To Kill a Mockingbird that shows Scout benefited others?

Perhaps the best example of Scout benefiting others comes
at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird. After the attack by Bob Ewell
and his death at the hands of Boo Radley, Sheriff Tate has a decision to make: Should he
tell the truth and begin an investigation (which will implicate Boo and bring him into
the "limelight")? Or should he simply call Bob's death one of self-infliction? Tate
humanely chooses the second option, and Scout agrees with it. She tells Atticus that
investigating Boo would

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"... be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird,
wouldn't it?"

Scout then
escorts Boo back to his front porch, where she sees him safely inside. She takes a long
look over her neighborhood, pretending to see things throught Boo's eyes, standing in
his shoes. In doing so, she better understands Boo and his mysterious
conduct.

The other obvious example of Scout's benefit to
others comes when she intervenes between Atticus and the lynch mob at the jail. Things
look bad for Tom (and possibly Atticus) until her innocent conversation with Mr.
Cunningham humbles the men, who decide to abandon their murderous mission. Scout's
intervention saves Tom's life and keeps her father from taking a beating at the hands of
the men.

What is a trade imbalance? economics

A trade imbalance exists when a nation's exports are much
greater or much lower in value than its imports. Typically, we speak of the trade
imbalance between two countries, when one country exports much more to the other than it
imports from that country.

The balance of trade of a
country can be defined as the difference between the value of the country's exports and
the value of its imports.  A country, like the United States, which imports more than it
exports is said to have a negative balance of trade or a trade deficit.  A country like
China has a positive balance of trade.  Since the US imports much more from China than
it exports to China, a trade imbalance exists between the two
countries.

how did slavery impact gender roles among the planter class?

Both males and females in the planter class were affected
by slavery; often with negative results for slaves. The planter himself was largely
responsible for managing the day to day affairs of the plantation, including supervision
of field hands; but quite often had sexual relations--not always consensual--with female
slaves. On many plantations, the master of the plantation was the father of one or more
children by a female slave. Younger white men also often forced themselves on female
slaves as the slave had no right to resist. In a strange but cynical way, this became
something of a rite of passage to manhood.

The plantation
mistress was responsible for running the household, but also was responsible for the
medical care of the slaves. If a pregnant slave went into labor, she was responsible for
seeing that the child was safely delivered. She was not to question her husband about
business or his relationship with the slaves, as she was to remain subordinate to him.
Most plantation mistresses knew if their husbands were engaging in sex with female
slaves, but were forced to remain silent about it. Quite often, since she could not vent
her frustration on her husband, she did so against the slave, often a house servant.
There are many instances of cruel beatings, burnings, etc. inflicted by the mistress on
the household servant, normally because of some slight misfeasance; but the real reason
was frustration over her husbands conduct. An excellent resource describing the
experiences of slaves, household and otherwise is a compilation of memoirs by Ira
Berlin, et. al. entitled Remembering
Slavery.

What kind of microscope is to be used to see smaller organelles, and how do these work?

A light microscope is sufficient to see the shape of the
cell and its nucleus.  However, to see the smaller organelles, you would want to use an
electron microscope.

Electrons are fired into a vacuum
sealed container.  A positively charged electrode accelerates the electrons into a
beam.  The electron beam passes through an electromagnetic coil, which focuses the beam
on the specimen.  The electrons bounce off the specimen and into a detector, which then
interprets the data into a magnified
image.

Source:

title="Electron microscopes. Chris Woodford. Explain That Stuff!"
href="http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electronmicroscopes.html">http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electronmicroscopes.html

What is the analysis of "Bitter strawberries" by Sylvia Plath?

"Bitter Strawberries," by Sylvia Plath, describes a
conversation that takes place among farm workers who are picking
strawberries.

The conversation is about "the Russians," who
pose a threat to the farmers' country, which is presumably the U.S.A. (The poem was
first published in 1950, when fear of Communist Russia was rampant in
American.)

One woman, who is identified as "the head
woman," takes a militant stance against the Russians.  "'Bomb them off the map,'" she
says, and "'We ought to have bombed them long ago.'"

The
head woman's opinion is opposed by Mary, who is concerned about her "fella" (boyfriend)
who is "'Old enough to go [war] / If anything should happen...'"  The head woman is also
opposed by a little girl who says, "'I can't see why / You're always talking this
way.'"

The head woman ends the discussion by ordering
everyone, in a "businesslike" tone, to go back to work.  The workers return to their
task, and seem to be absorbed by it:

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Kneeling over the rows,
We reached
among the leaves
With quick practiced hands,
Cupping the berry
protectively before
Snapping off the stem
Between thumb and
forefinger.

On one level, the
poem can be seen as a discussion of xenophobia, the fear of
foreigners.

On another level, it can be seen as a
reflection on how the routines of life continue, despite the fact that many larger,
ominous questions remain unanswered.  On this level, the poem reminds me of "Out, Out"
by Robert Frost, in which a boy is killed in a freak accident, and his family and
neighbors quickly go back to their routines.

What is the status of population at this year 2011 ?

As of right now, the population of the planet is  6.950
billion people. There are a number of sites that keep a running tally - I will include
the links to them below.

Perhaps the more significant
statistic is not the actual human population of the Earth, but the rate of change of
that population. Ecologists believe that the planet and each environmental subdivision
of the planet has a finite "carrying capacity", the maximum population of any species
that can be sustainably supported. Agriculture has probably increased the carrying
capacity for humans (though at the expense of other species - but that is a different
discussion!) but now the population is growing so fast that there is some doubt as to
whether we can improve life-supporting technologies fast enough to keep
up.

Can someone please help me and tell me what is the context of Homer's Iliad?This is a general question I have to answer for class tomorrow, I'm...

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Since your question
is in the history section, I will offer some information on the historical context of
the Iliad. This book deals with the Trojan war. The Trojans in the city of Troy were
attacked by the Achaeans from Greece. The trouble starts with the very beautiful Helen,
wife of Menelaus. Paris, the prince of Troy, steals Helen from Menelaus, the king of
Sparta. in his rage, Menelaus begs the king of Mycenae (his Achaean brother), Agamemnon,
to aid him in exacting revenge on the Trojans. Of course, the mythological tale involves
many gods and goddesses. It tells of their quarrels and influence on the ten year war.
Once, Greeks believed this was a real war; however, modern historians aren't so sure. We
know that the cities of Sparta and Mycenae were real places. The existence of Troy is
still debated. If the story is based on an actual war or other historical event, it is
unlikely to have happened as the story the Iliad details.

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What are the various ways Abby explains her behavior in the woods to different characters in The Crucible?

For the most part, Abigail does not hide what happened in
the woods.  She never really speaks of it.  She also does not accept a large level of
responsibility about what happened.  Rather, when she speaks with the girls in the first
Act, there is a concerted effort to "keep stories straight."  Her explanation is more of
a coercion of the other girls to not break ranks.  When Mary Warren starts to express a
level of discontent, Abigail is quick to reprimand her.  It becomes evident that while
Abigail does not really try to hid what happened, she is more concerned that all the
girls follow their lead.  Her desire for authority and control are quite
evident.

When she and Proctor speak about what happened,
Abigail downplays it.  She merely suggests that they were dancing and having "fun."  In
an equally harmless way, Proctor dismisses this as youthful indiscretion, the same that
he shared with her.  Abigail uses the explanation of what happened in the woods as a
segue to hopefully continue their own affair of the past, displaying her own sense of
control and dominance.  Similar to what was shown with the girls in the prior scene,
Abigail offers different explanations to different people about what happened in the
woods.  Yet, in each, the common thread is that her own sense of control and dominance
is present.

In the 1960s change was occurring around the globe. Choose any two countries other than the United States and find out what kinds of change were...

You might consider decolonization in Africa and The Great
Proletarian Revolution in China.

In 1960, France granted
independence to thirteen African countries which had previously been French colonies.
Areas which had been predominantly French developed a new culture known as Negritude,
meaning "blackness." The movement called for the re-institution of traditional African
culture and tradition. European thinking had long been that sub-Saharan African people
were incapable of self government. The path to self government was painful and slow; but
free African nations emerged.

In China, Mao Zedong began
the Great Proletarian Revolution as a means of wiping out anything he considered
"bourgeois." Thousands of Chinese, including a number of Communist party officials were
either beaten, killed, or imprisoned.  The end result was the destruction of China's
educational system and the reversal of years of stable development. China did not
recover for many years.

What is meant by "social and institutional dimensions" in religion?

If you are operating out of a textbook or some type of
class instruction, I would turn to that first.  This might involve defining the term in
a more concrete way, and the manner in which you should interpret the concept.  I think
that the social dimension of religion refers to how religion is felt and experienced in
a particular society.  Essentially, I consider the topic to be asking how a particular
society's practices reflect the religion in question.  For example, how do we see the
social dimension of Christianity in a particular setting?  In terms of the institutional
dimension, I tend to see this as the structure that is in place to ensure the religion's
survival.  This can be in the form of temples or churches, as well as the configuration
in which the religious issues of the sect of worship can be addressed in a definitive
manner.  For example, the institutional dimension for Christianity can be seen as the
Vatican and the rule of the papal authority.  These are examples of how I see the social
and institutional dimensions of a particular
denomination.

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The
Social and Institutional Dimension: how people's interactions
are organized as part of their
religion

how can art as portrayed by tennyson in "da lady of shallot" be compared to that of art as portrayed by kets in "ode on a grecian urn"???

The treatment of ARTt in both the poems is quite
different.

In ODE ON  A GRECIAN URN, the poet has depicted
a frozen moment from the sylvan history of the greek civilization. Remember, the poet
calls the grecian urn "attic shape" and "Fair attitude" adding that it "dost tease us
out of thought/ As doth eternity." The poem explores the possibility of communication
between the two worlds: the temporal and the eternal- reflected in the concept of 'the
now' and 'the then'.

 Moreover,  the images on the urn
depict a love that is far above "all breathing human passion that leaves a heart
high-sorrowful and cloyed, a burning forehead , and a parching tongue." In the same way,
Keats emphasizes that the trees shall never bid Spring adieu, nor shall the lady ever
lose her beauty.Therefore, art in a way is superior than human life. The theme of the
poem is permanence of art and impermanence of huma
life.

The treatment of art in Tennyson's THE LADY OF
SHALOTT is entirely different. The lady has heard a curse that she must not look down at
Camelot. So she has to live a life of isolation; not to be a part of this human world.
Hence, she weaves a magic web by night and day with colours gay. The shadows of the
world appear before her on the magic mirror, and she continues to rave, imagining the
life she is devoid of. The moment she watches Lancelot, she decides to leave her palace
and moves to be a part of this world. She invites the curse to fall upon her and finally
meets her death.

Many critics see the poem as an allegory
which has deeper meanings. So long as one is sheltered away from the real world and is
able to see the reflections only, it is a beautiful world. But the moment one faces
reality one finds it to be harsh and cruel world. Perhaps, the poet wishes to say that
creative artists should be more in touch with reality. Remember, Tennyson's works need
more attentive reading and one can interpret several
connotations.

Why did Giles Corey ask for "more weight" when he died?The reason why he said tha.

Giles Corey, a subordinate character in Miller's play "The
Crucible", asks for 'more weight' when he is being pressed to death at the end of the
play.

Giles knew that the charges he was facing were
ridiculous. He had already put his wife in danger of being declared a witch when he told
the townspeople about her reading strange books.

Giles
asked for more weight for two reasons. First, he knew that the adding of more weight
would end his suffering quicker. Second, and perhaps the more honorable, he was showing
the officials that his spirit would not be broken.

Giles,
like Proctor, both refuse at the end to concede completely to the wishes of the
officials. Proctor begged for the officials not to make him sign his name as a result of
his pleading guilty. Proctor states that his name is the only thing he can
keep.

Giles, knowing that control must be kept over his
life somehow, asks for more weight so that his life is actually in his own hands and not
those of the officials.

What does homogenized milk have that skim milk lacks? And why is this important to a toddler's development?It is a case scanrio. Alexander was fed...

What does homogenized milk have that skim milk lacks? And
why is this important to a toddler's development?

It is a case
scanrio. Alexander was fed break milk from birth until he was a year old. since then, he
has been drinking homogenized milk (also called whole milk). now that alexander is about
one and a half years old, however, the mother is worried that the toddler might gain too
much weight. she want to switch from homogenized milk to skim milk. as a dietitian, you
advise against the mothers plan.

Please summarize "The Son's Veto" by Thomas Hardy.

Sophy's upbringing has a lot to do with her sadness in the
midst of this story.  Growing up in a rural village in England isn't exactly an upper
class existence, so Sophy marries into a better station.  She marries an older man, a
preacher named Reverend Twycott.  Because of this marriage between classes, the two
become outcasts.  In fact, even after marrying into a higher class, Sophy is still
underestimated.  Even her husband himself denies her any inheritance after his death! 
Sophy's husband clearly held the same opinions of those she escaped in her youth!  Left
with only a tiny home to live in, Sophy is forced to view her husbands possessions
entrusted to others and her son embark upon an education in which she had no say. 
Obviously, Sophy's husband didn't have much confidence in her.  Unfortunately, it's
"like father, like son" with Sophy's son, Randolph, constantly correcting her (even
expressing his displeasure when Sophy desires to marry again, ... into a lower class by
reuniting with her old friend Sam) and obviously feeling superior to his mom.  Sophy,
then is an outcast both by her husband AND eventually by her son, neither of whom would
allow her true happiness.  It is this sadness that speeds her to her grave.  Poor
Sophy!  (And what a commentary on social class prejudice in 19th century
England!)

Simplify the expression (x^2-2y)(x^2+2y)(square root(16y^4)+square root (x^8)).

We notice that the product of the 1st and the second
factors returns a difference of two squares:

(x^2 - 2y)(x^2
+ 2y) = (x^2)^2 - (2y)^2

(x^2 - 2y)(x^2 + 2y) = x^4 -
4y^2

We'll manage the terms of the 3rd
factor:

sqrt(16y^4) =
4y^2

sqrt x^8 = x^4

We'll
re-write the product, rearranging the terms of the 3rd
factor:

(x^4 - 4y^2)(x^4 +
4y^2)

We notice that we've get a product that returns a
difference of two squares:

(x^4 - 4y^2)(x^4 + 4y^2) =
(x^4)^2 - (4y^2)^2

We'll multiply the
exponents:

(x^4 - 4y^2)(x^4 + 4y^2) = x^(4*2) -
16*y^(2*2)

(x^4 - 4y^2)(x^4 + 4y^2) = x^8 -
16y^4

The requested simplified expression is
x^8 - 16y^4.

What are the narrative strategies that Walker uses in The Color Purple?

Using a first-person confessional and epistolary (letter)
format from a naive narrator who speaks in black English dialect, Alice Walker reveals
her "womanist" themes using Christian and domestic imagery in The Color
Purple.  In addition, Walker's structure and characterization are similar to
both a slave narrative (e.g., Incident of a Slave Girl by Harriet
Jacobs) and a fairy tale ("Cinderella") in order to move Celie from a rape/incest victim
to a strong-willed matriarch and business woman by the
end.

Walker narrates the beginning chapters in a black
English dialect, addressing them to God as part of a confessional.  Because she is in a
male-dominated culture with no mother or protector, she exhibits a forced hopelessness
and a mysoginistic attitude toward women.  In fact, she has been abused so much by her
step-father, Mr.__, and Harpo that she tells Harpo to beat
Sophia.

Later, after three sister/fairy godmothers (Nettie,
Shug, and Sophia) teach Celie to use her language and femininity, Celie begins to rebel
against the patriarchy and leave her segregated marriage.  Instead of addressing her
letters to "God," the new, "womanist" Celie addresses them to her sister Nettie in
Africa.  Later, she finds domestic work in sewing which she uses to establish her Pants
Store.  She is even reunited with her sister and African children and bequeathed a
plantation from her dead step-father, a kind of miracle
ending.

So, it is Walker's use of "slave narrative"
language, "womanist," domestic, and African anti-colonial themes, Christian imagery, and
capitalist "fairy tale" structure that allow Celie to free herself from the male world.
 Even though the novel starts out as a tragedy, Walker moves it toward
comedy.

In Macbeth, how does imagery help convey his sense of the enormity of his deed after killing Duncan?Act 2, Scene 2, Line 29-80

I would start by refering to the way that Macbeth
describes sleep after hearing the mystical voice that suggests that he will never be
able to patricipate in sleep again. Consider the positive way that sleep is described in
the following images:

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Slee, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of
care,

The death of each day's life, sore labour's
bath,

Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second
course,

Chief nourisher in life's
feast--

Macbeth gives us many
images that focus on the restorative powers of sleep and how it heals, refreshes and
relaxes humans from the cares of the world. The fact that he will not be able to sleep
any longer means he will be excluded from these properties of sleep and unable to find
relief.

We can also find evidence of an increasing sense of
paranoia, as Macbeth, who was described as such a strong, brave and valorous warrior in
Act I scene 2, now trembles at the slightest sound and feels that his life is stained by
his deed in a way that can never be washed away:

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How is't with me, when every noise appals
me?

What hands are here? Ha! they pluck out mine
eyes.

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this
blood

Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will
rather

The multitudinous seas
incarnadine,

Making the green one
red.

This quote presents us
with an incredibly powerful image exploring Macbeth's guilt and the way that his crime
has transformed him completely. He is looking at his hands and the blood on them, and
wonders if all the waters in the sea will be enough to wash the blood off them. He
concludes that so deep is his guilt, and so terrible his crime that his hands will
rather turn all of the sea red rather than be cleansed. Killing his King has had seismic
consequences for Macbeth, both psychologically and personally, and he will be a changed
individual for ever.

Explain the following lines in "The Rape of the Lock". Might hide her Faults, if Belles had faults to hide: If to her share some Female Errors...

Pope's poem "The Rape of the Lock" is separated into five
different parts (Cantos). The lines below are from Canto Two of the poem, lines
16-18:

Might
hide her Faults, if Belles had faults to hide:
If to her
share some Female Errors fall,
Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em
all.

Canto Two begins with
Belinda on a boat on the Thames River. Pope describes Belinda as a beautiful woman with
beautiful hair. One of the men on the boat with Belinda is so enamoured with her hair
that he wants her locks for his own. Another passenger on the boat (Ariel) has had a
premonition that something bad will happen on the boat that day and, therefore, assigns
others on the boat to protect Belinda.

The meaning of the
lines shown earlier describe the beauty of Belinda and women in general. The entire
second stanza, where the lines appear, describe Belinda's looks. The line prior to those
shown sets up the true meaning of the last three lines of the
stanza:

Yet
graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of
Pride,

Therefore, the meaning
of the three lines questioned refer to the fact that Belinda's ease and sweetness will
hide any faults which her beauty covers (if women actually have any faults). In the last
line, Pope is simply stating that to look upon the beauty of a woman will insure that if
any faults be found they will be forgotten once one looks upon a woman's
face.

Why was the Propaganda Movement in Philippine history anti-friar?

The Propaganda Movement was anti-friar because its member
felt that the friars in the Philippines exercised too much power.  They felt that the
power of the monastic orders was used for the benefit of those orders and not for the
benefit of the people.

In the Philippines at that time, the
monastic orders controlled most of the local parishes.  This put them in a position of
being in direct control of the people.  The leaders of the Propaganda Movement felt that
this power was being used to keep the people down.  The friars were the ones, they felt,
who decided which laws should be enforced and how.  The friars, therefore, had more
power than the people and more power than the legal
government.

The Propaganda Movement was a liberal,
reformist movement.  Therefore, its members tended to distrust the Church and wanted to
reduce its power.  This is why the movement was anti-friar.

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, what is the nurse's view of Juliet?"Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed / An' I might live...

In Shakespeare's play Romeo and
Juliet, the Nurse is a mother-figure to Juliet. The Nurse loves Juliet as a
daughter and has raised and nurtured her since birth. She dotes on Juliet and brags
about her as a proud mother would do. The Nurse is warm, understanding, and
compassionate. She listens to Juliet and gives her advice when she needs it, as a
concerned mother would do. Juliet feels comfortable with the Nurse and doesn't go to her
real mother when she needs something. This is because Lady Capulet is the complete
opposite of the Nurse. Lady Capulet is cold and not compassionate when it comes to
Juliet's feelings. One reason the Nurse has such affection for Juliet, other than she
has raised her since birth, is that the Nurse lost a daughter at the of 13 (almost 14),
which is the same age Juliet is during the play.

Discuss the inherent goodness in George's actions.

The most basic read of the goodness in George's actions is
the idea that he took care of Lennie.  Throughout the novella, George demonstrates
himself as taking care of Lennie.  He makes good on the promise he gave to Aunt Clara
and tends to Lennie.  In a time where so many abandon one another, George does not do
this to Lennie and others note it. On more than one occasion, it becomes evident that
George's willingness to stand by Lennie is different from the norm.  George provides for
Lennie's general welfare and also tends to him in order to be happy.  Of course, the
ending is where the most discussion about George's goodness towards Lennie will be
evident.  In the act of shooting Lennie, George demonstrates goodness in a couple of
ways.  The first would be in that George does not want the mob led by Curley and Carlson
to have their way with Lennie.  George is convinced that they would do terrible things
to him and in seeing this, George would be going back on his word to look out for
Lennie.  In taking Lennie's life, George gets him to talk about their farm and their
dreams.  This means that the last words on Lennie's lips are the vision of their
happiness in a world that is not of this particular contingency.  Finally, there is a
sadness or emptiness in George at the end.  He is not happy with what he has done, but
as Slim says, he knows that he "had to do it."  It is here where George's goodness is on
display for all to see.  He recognizes what he has to do, even though it comes at great
loss to him.

Please help me summarize this passage from Thomas Parnell.Go, rule thy Will, Bid thy wild passion all be still Know God – and bring thy heart to...

Alexander Pope comments on writers and critics and their
inability to use skill or lack of it in his usual scathing fashion. He could use the
most polite words with the most cutting effect. In these few lines he finds little
difference between the writer or aspiring writer and the supposdly learned man of
letters who is posing as his critic and botching the literary scene with his
crticism.

 Thomas Parnell is speaking to his reader and
asks, almost commands him to bring his own selfish will and deep dark desires under
control. On the other hand Parnell advocates that the reader make every effort to know
God and in doing so find the joy that can be found only there.

What do some people in the white community fear losing?

I think that one reason that Paton's work is so effective
is because it speaks to the enfranchisement that the White community in South Africa has
gained as a result of Apartheid.  This entrenched structure reveals a fundamental fear
in losing power and control with measures designed to reduce Apartheid enacted.  It is
an interesting dynamic for while most of the world and certainly the African population
clamors in the unfairness of segregation practices, the White population resists such
change because it comes at their cost.   Jarvis writes this much in articulating the
condition of modern South Africa with relation to White people and their control over
the African population:

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The truth is that our civilization is not
Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high
assurance and desperate anxiety, of loving charity and fearful clutching of
possessions.

This "fearful
clutching of possessions" is of vital importance in conveying how the White population
sees their African counterparts.  This "fearful clutching" involves the control over
land, political rule, and the resources that have been denied to the Black members of
the political community in order to sustain White power in South
Africa.

Compare and contrast Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s and Philip Johnson’s Seagram Building to Robert Venturi’s Vanna Venturi House.

Robert Venturi built the post-modern Venturi House for his
mother, Vanna in Chesnut, Pennsylvania in the 1960's. It sits in stark contrast to many
of the older historical homes of the area, with its pitched roof, and  central
fireplace.  It is a pale slate grey in color, and although the highest elevation is only
thirty feet measured at the chimney, its large facade makes it appear deceptively
bigger.  In contrast to this very contemporary individual home, the Seagrams building
houses thousands of square feet of commercial office space as it perches on Park Avenue
in New York City, one of the more dramatic among hundreds of skyscrapers of varying
distinction.  The Seagram's building boasts the plaza area Van Der Rohe is famous for,
and is colored by dramatic bronze and darkened glass hues. Both buildings were noted
last month in a list released by PBS entitled "Top Ten Buildings that Changed
America".

In regards to The Chosen, what is Shabbat?

Shabbat is the Jewish sabbath, the seventh day of the
week, which begins at Sundown on Friday and continues until Sundown on Saturday. It is
based on two biblical references.  First of all, from Genesis 2:3, which indicates God
created the heavens and the earth in six days, but rested on the
seventh:

And
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from
all his work which God created and
made.

Also, In Exodus
20:9-11, part of the Ten Commandments:

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Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work,
neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your
animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh
day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it
holy.

The link below
indicates that the Sabbath or Shabbat has taken on additional meaning: it is a time of
reflection, stepping back from the world and all its concerns, and considering the
goodness and greatness of God. The Jewish people of course consider themselves God's
chosen people because of the covenant with Abraham, hence the
title.

In Because I could not stop for Death, give the meanings of Gossamer,Tippet and Tulle. (Meanings=connotation and denotation) These questions are...

These lines are, of course, from Emily Dickinson's
"Because I could not stop for Death," a beautiful and interesting poem because of its
ironic playfulness and blithe tone for such a moribund subject. The irony of the poem
comes from the fact that the speaker, who is now dead, was unprepared for death, a
process in which she unknowingly had long been involved as the gentlemanly carriage
driver demonstrated by taking her past the schoolhouse where children played and the
fields of mature grain gazed back at her, indicating that she had already passed
childhood and maturity. 

Then, when the deceased speaker
reminisces how Death stopped for her, the unsuspecting speaker wore only  a
"gossamer" gown of shimmery silk, which connotes her
personal fragility and unpreparedness for death. Her
"tippet," a shawl usually made of fur, is only of
"tulle," or a delicately netted silk, indicating again her
lack of preparation for death as well as her delicate condition of age.  In addition, to
this meaning for tippet, a tippet is also the ceremonial scarf worn
by Anglican priests; so, there is the connotation, or suggestion, of spirituality
involved in the fourth stanza, as well, which leads the reader to understand that the
extended metaphor of the carriage ride is the continuous journey of life which
inevitably leads to death, but it is a death which also leads to
immortality. 

Fill each blank with a coordinating word or phrase and proper punctuation in order to form a combined sentence.Some people exercise too hard...

There is more than one correct answer to this question,
which is even hinted at in the question when it says to fill the blank "with a
coordinating word or phrase."  The simplest way to do this
is by using the conjunction "so".

Some people exercise too
hard, so they may become ill or injured.

Because there are
two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction ("so") you need to put a
comma before it.

You can also choose to use a word like
"consequently" in the place of "so".  I prefer this option myself.  However, if you
choose to do this, you must punctuate it like this:

Some
people exercise too hard; consequently, they may become ill or
injured.

Because "consequently" is an adverb, you need to
include a semicolon to keep it one sentence.

If you want to
answer it with a coordinating phrase, you could write something like
this:

Some people exercise too hard; because of this, they
may become ill or injured.

When using coordinating words or
phrases you always have many options.  A lot of these words have similar meanings, and
you have to deduce which is the best fit by the nuance of the sentence and your trained
ear.

What is the mood of The Most Dangerous Game?

The mood is clearly suspenseful, and readers are led into
an adventure story that many find compelling.  It is one of the most compelling themes
of literature, and the conflict of man against man, hunter and hunted, is fairly common.
 The interesting twist here is that the author misleads most readers into making
Rainsford into the sympathetic hero of the story.  By then end, we do root for him to
overcome Zaroff.  But why?  Is Rainsford a good guy?  Some readers seem to think so.  If
you look closely, however, he is an arrogant man, interested only in his own well being.
 Early in his conversation with Zaroff, Rainsford is told there are sailors caged in the
basement for future hunts.  At the end, after he dispatches Zaroff, Rainsford assumes
Zaroff's place.  He sleeps a comfortable sleep in Zaroff's bed.   And the men in the
basement?  Rainsford says and does nothing.  The mood then is one of suspense, but there
is an undercurrent as well of complicity of the audience.  Is Rainsford any different
from Zaroff?  Are we?

In Animal Farm, what is the significance of the gun's placement at the foot of the flagpole symbolize?

For the animals, the flagpole represents several
elements.  On one hand, it is the meeting place on every Sunday where the animals not
only discuss the upcoming assignments for the week ahead, but to reflect and pay homage
to the revolution and to their freedom. The flagpole and the flag that flies over it is
testament to what the animals did in successfully running Jones off of the farm and
being the first of its kind:  A farm run by animals, for animals, and catering to the
interests of animals.  The flagpole is the physical representation of the animals
efforts and their symbolic accomplishment.   The gun at the bottom of the flagpole is
also symbolic.  It is a reminder that the revolution could not have been accomplished
without bloodshed and violence.  On one hand, it is a reminder to the animals of how far
they have come and how much physical and emotional struggle was needed to get what they
wanted.  Yet, it is also significant because it shows that violence is something that is
a part of the DNA of Animal Farm, so that when Napoleon assembles his "comrades" in
Chapter 7 at the same location for forced confessions, the resulting violence and
savagery is something that becomes freshly placed in the mind of the animals.  It is
here where the gun at the base of the flagpole is highly significant and
meaningful.

In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, what does Jocasta have to say about oracles and prophecy and why do you think she expresses this attitude? How do...

In Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex,
Jocasta makes a number of assertions about prophecies.  At one point, for instance, she
says that “no human being has skill in prophecy” (852), and she offers as evidence the
fact that her former husband Laius was told that he

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was fated to be killed
by a child
conceived by him and me.
(857-58)

She regards this
prophecy as false and uses its supposed falsity as a reason for denying the truth of
prophecies more generally.

Later, after Oedipus slowly
realizes the truth of this very prophecy, the chorus shows its faith in prophecies in
general and regrets that they are not taken more
seriously:

For
ancient oracles which dealt with Laius
are withering—men now set them
aside.
Nowhere is Apollo honoured publicly,
and our religious faith
is dying
away.     (1074-77)

Jocasta
then re-enters the stage and criticizes Oedipus for listening to “whoever speaks to him
of dreadful things” (1087). At this point, then, she still seems skeptical pf prophets
and oracles. Later, of course, she agonizingly realizes the truth of the prophecy about
Oedipus, and she kills herself after realizing that she has unintentionally married her
own son (1477).

The chorus, of course, took prophecies and
oracles seriously from early in the play, as when the Chorus Leader, advising Oedipus on
how to discover the murderer of Laius, says

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As for what you’re seeking, it’s for
Apollo,
who launched this search, to state who did it.
(326-27)

In fact, it is the
Chorus Leader who first suggests that Oedipus should consult the prophet Tiresias
(333-34).  Thus, by the end of the play, the faith of the chorus in prophecies and
oracles in general, and in Tiresias in particular, is shown to be sensible, while
Jocasta’s doubts are revealed to be merely wishful thinking, however plausible they may
have seemed at first.

(Ian Johnston translation; see link
below)

Would this proposal be a logical expansion if the existing private-contractor system?

What is the proposal? I assume your assignment has given
you a scenario of some sort and you are to evaluate its practical effect on the current
way in which private contractors are used.

In order to do
such an analysis, you would need to examine the results of the proposed program and
determine how those results would impact the private contractors, the market for the
products or services being provided by the contractors, and the comparative costs of the
expanded program versus the current system. You might also need to examine practical
issues that would impact the expansion - would it be feasible, beneficial, worth the
revising of practices and policies that would be
required?

Look at your assignment with these considerations
in mind. Writing 50 words in response shouldn't be too
difficult.

Is Heart of Darkness the story of society's corruption and exploitation or personal corruption and greed?

I don't like the way that your question seems to force you
into making a choice between these two options. Actually, I would say that the
overwhelming message of this excellent novella indicates that both answers are correct.
The story focuses just as much on the way that colonialism as a whole functions to
exploit and corrupt as it also looks at the individual in such an arena and examines how
character is decayed and eated away by occupying such an arena without law and order to
restrain the darker instincts of man.

To examine the way
that society as a whole is shown to be corrupt and exploitative, consider Marlow's
description of colonialism at the beginning of the
story:

It was
just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it
blind--as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth,
which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or
slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too
much.

Clearly, describing the
entire colonial enterprise in these terms establishes the way that it was based on
society's corruption and exploitation. Yet, at the same time, equally the story focuses
on the way that personal corruption and greed can result in the downfall of noble
characters, namely Kurtz. Note how this is symbolised through the way that Kurtz chose
to have his hut decorated:

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Then I went carefully from post to post with my
glass, and I saw my mistake. these round knowbs were not ornamental but symbolic; they
were expressive and puzzling, striking and disturbing--food for thought and also for
vultures if there had been any looking down from the sky; but at all events for such
ants as were industrious enough to ascend the pole. They would have been even more
impressive, those heads on the stakes, if their faces had not been turned to the
house.

Kurtz's moral
corruption is indicated through the abominable crimes he committed in his quest for
gaining ever greater quantities of ivory and the way that this hunger conquered his
moral scruples. This novel therefore clearly indicates the way in which colonialism
features the corruption of society and individuals.

To what extent is Brown the symbolic "everyman" or representative of humankind in Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown?"Young Goodman Brown" by...

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman
Brown, Goodman Brown is symbolic of "everyman" or humankind in several
ways.

First, Brown believes that "what you see is what you
get." He never thinks to search beneath the surface of things, and takes everyone at
face value. When he finds that people in his community, as well as his own ancestors,
have been "in league with the devil," he is devastated. (It may not been that they
served the devil at all, but that they have "sinned" in
general.)

Believing the best of everyone to begin with is
not Brown's mistake, but it is found in his belief that others'
mistakes make them evil. Goodman Brown lacks faith in his
fellowman. His short-sightedness blinds him to the good that there
is in the people around him.

The
reader does not know if what Brown saw in the woods was a dream or not—once again,
however, he believes what he sees without
question. People have disappointed him because they are not perfect, and
unlike the precepts of his faith, he can find no way to forgive
them. He alienates himself from his wife as well as the rest of the
community.

Brown is hypocritcal. He judges Faith because of
what he believes he saw her doing in the forest; but what about
his journey? He walked along with the devil. He was at the black
mass as best as he can tell. Yte he comes home with no explanation
as to where he has been; however, Faith does not judge him or ask
any questions, but welcomes him with love.

Brown is
unChristian-like in his behavior as he rejects others—and he misses the point that Jesus
trafficked with sinners all the time, but Brown has no time for those who are imperfect.
Brown thinks that he is perfect. Had he paid attention to the
teachings of the Bible, which he is so quick to hold others to, he would remember
no man is perfect.

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Hawthorne presents sin as an inescapable part of
human nature.

In the story,
Young Goodman Brown actually perceives that he is better than everyone else: other
people have sinned, but not he.

Do you feel the novel, The Killer Angels, is pro-Union or pro-Confederate?

I'm not sure my answer will help you with your essay, but
I believe the late author Michael Shaara bent over backwards trying to maintain
neutrality in telling his tale of the Battle of Gettysburg. While it is true that there
are several more chapters focusing on the Confederate leaders than their Union
counterparts, the difference is negligible. It is clear that Shaara has high regard for
the leading players: Lee, Longstreet and Chamberlain, particularly. However, Shaara is
quick to point out their weaknesses as well: Lee's stubborness and utter belief that his
men cannot be defeated; Longstreet's defeatist attitude after he recognizes that
Pickett's Charge cannot succeed; and Chamberlain's all too humane response to the men
around him. I believe Shaara concentrates more on the Confederate leaders primarily
because they are far more interesting. Lee is already a living legend in the South and
feared throughout the North. His counterpart, George Meade, is an unknown quality with
few known accomplishments under his belt. The focus on Pickett's generals (and
specifically Armistead's relationship with the Union General Hancock) creates a great
story that was not evident among the Union participants. However, Chamberlain may be the
most deeply personalized character in the novel, and Shaara's finest literary moments
comes in these chapters. Unlike many historical references which glorify the
Confederacy's high water mark at Gettysburg, Shaara instead tells it like it was with an
unbiased view rarely found in such books.

In Fahrenheit 451, when Montag says, "they just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes," what is he talking about?

The quote you have identified comes from a conversation
that Montag has with Mildred after he has been awakened to his own sense of
dissatisfaction with his life and with the world, and has begun to think that books are
perhaps one solution to his issues and the issues that his world faces. He tlaks just
before the quote of the idea that books are what can "get us half out of the cave" of
ignorance that has been created, and your quote refers to the way that books chronicle
the history of humanity and the kind of mistakes and lessons that humanity has
learnt.

The quote therefore refers to books and the
knowledge they contain that is essential for humanity. Montag is of course completely
right. If you remove books and history, there is no record of humanity's struggles and
challenges throughout the ages, which results in the lack of knowledge and ability to
face the issues of humanity today. This is the problem of Montag's society, and his
awareness of this makes him work as a rebel against the system.

How did the Mexican-American War intensify intersectional conflict?

When the Mexican-American War ended, the United States
received the Mexican Cession which included all of California, Nevada and Utah, and
parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.  With this huge land acquisition,
the issue of slavery in the new territories was raised.  This led directly to the
Compromise of 1850.  This compromise deepened the division between the North and the
South.  First, California would be admitted to the Union as a free state, which upset
the South.  Two new territories would be established, Utah and New Mexico.  These
territories would be open to slavery through popular sovereignty, that is, the people of
the territories would decide the issue of slavery.  This upset the people in the North
because so much territory could now have slavery. The slave trade was banned in the
District of Columbia which upset the South because they saw this as a first step towards
abolishing slavery.  There would be a new, strict, fugitive slave law which upset the
North because now by law they had to assist in returning slaves to their owners. These
tensions created by the Compromise of 1850, which was passed because of the results of
the Mexican-American War, helped create the conditions for the Civil
War.

In what way is "Pygmalion" a Shavian play? Please explain the term Shavian play.

According to The Free Dictionary website, the term Shavian
is defined as the following:

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of George
Bernard Shaw or his
works.

Based solely off of
this definition, the play "Pygmalion" is a Shavian play given it was written by Shaw.
This alone is not a great definition of the characteristics of Shavian writing
though.

Therefore, to characterize Shaw, and therefore
Shavian writing, one must look at how and what Shaw's writings
contained.

Shaw's writings are infused with his own wit and
self-confidence. He educated himself in music and, therefore, was very fond of sound- as
seen in the play "Pygmalion" given the teaching of proper
speech.

Shaw's colorful language mirrors the "language"
seen in music. The dialogue between characters seems to flow off of the tongue in the
same way in which one would sing lyrics.

Shaw loved satire
and seemed to find much humor in forcing people to look at the absurd ways in which
conventional thinking led them. Shaw's discontent with conventional thinking almost
caused him to be charged with treason after writing "Common Sense About the War". His
wit and self-confidence seemed to be too much for those in charge of governmental
dealings and they saw Shaw as bitter and simply cast him
out.

Based upon these historical aspects of Shaw's life,
one can characterize Shavian works as ones in which satire, wit, and author confidence
are used to question the aspects of society which may seem too
accepted.

Therefore, the play "Pygmalion" adheres to these
characteristics given Shaw is poking fun at the social circles, manly confidence, and
the 'assumptiveness' of society.

In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, it is obvious that Macbeth has not involved his wife in planning Banquo's murder. Why did he choose not to involve her?

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, Lady
Macbeth is very much involved in the planning of Duncan’s death; indeed, she is the
prime mover in the plot.  However, later, when Macbeth decides to kill Banquo, Lady
Macbeth takes no active role, and indeed Macbeth doesn’t even tell her exactly what he
has in mind (3.1.44-46). Several reasons may help to explain why Macbeth does not
involve his wife in the plotting of Banquo’s death. Among those reasons are the
following:

• By making Macbeth the prime mover in
  the second death, Shakespeare may have wanted to show how much Macbeth’s moral character
  has degenerated between Act 1 and Act 3.


• On the other
  hand, by making Macbeth the prime mover in the second killing, Shakespeare may also have
  wanted to make Lady Macbeth seem less responsible for the second crime, and thus not
  darken her moral character even further. If she had participated in the planning of the
  second murder, she might have seemed an almost Satanic figure; instead, Shakespeare’s
  presentation of her is far more complex.


• In the scene
  immediately after Macbeth dispatches two murderers to kill Banquo, Lady Macbeth appears,
  and it is clear that she is now having second thoughts about the killing of
  Duncan:

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. . . Nought’s had, all’s
spent,

Where our desire is got without
content:

’Tis safer to be that which we
destroy

Than be destruction dwell in dougtful joy.
(3.2.4-7)

Perhaps, then,
Macbeth did not want to run the risk that his wife might have some qualms about another
killing.  If she were to have such qualms, she might conceivably have tried to dissuade
him from the second murder. After all, she later misses a perfect opportunity to suggest
that he kill Banquo (3.2.37-38).

• Perhaps, too,
  Macbeth did not want to trouble his wife any further than she was already
  troubled.


• Perhaps Macbeth, having been shamed by his wife
  into killing Duncan, wants to prove to her now that he can act on his own. This
  possibility is suggested when he says to her, concerning Banquo’s
  murder,

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Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest
chuck,

Till thou applaud the deed.
(3.2.45-46)

Such phrasing
implies that Macbeth expects his wife to approve of the killing of Banquo and that he
even takes a kind of pride in having concocted the plan on his
own.

What is the plot of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado"?

Edgar Allan Poe's short story masterpiece, "The Cask of
Amontillado," takes place at an undetermined locale and date; an educated guess would
place the setting as somewhere in Italy in the late 18th century. Montresor (presumably
a Frenchman), has been the subject of "a thousand injuries"--and more recently,
insults--by an acquaintance, Fortunato, and Montresor has vowed revenge. In doing so,
Montresor's act must not be detected and Fortunato must be aware that Montresor is his
punisher. Taking great precautions not to have witnesses around, Montresor lures
Fortunato into his family catacombs, which doubles as a wine cellar, under the pretense
that a rare bottle of Spanish sherry, Amontillado, awaits. Knowing that Fortunato cannot
resist the temptation of sampling such a vintage, Montresor leads him deeper and deeper
into the catacombs. Reaching a far recess, Montresor suddenly produces a chain and
fetters Fortunato to the floor. Using a trowel and mortar, Montresor then builds a wall,
sealing the stunned Fortunato within, and he leaves him to die among the bones of the
crypt. Montresor, the narrator, ends the story by telling the reader that Fortunato's
bones have been undisturbed for a half century. Montresor has committed the perfect
crime.

Is the protagonist of The Hobbit portrayed sympathetically?

From the very beginning of the novel, Tolkien
characterizes Bilbo as a sympathetic, friendly protagonist.  In many ways, Bilbo's
shortcomings make him more endearing to the reader.  He is not athletic or graceful like
the elves or strong as some of the dwarves might be.  Bilbo's attributes make him more
of an 'every man' that most readers can easily identify
with. 

Now Bilbo is certainly not without flaws.  He is
continually fussy throughout the novel, bemoaning the loss of his handkerchiefs,
comforts, and extra meals.  The reader, however, overlooks most of Bilbo's personality
quirks in favor of his deeper virtues--his perseverance, loyalty, and clever mind. 

How is Preludes by T.S Eliot a modernist poem?

T.S. Eliot's poem, Preludes, like
his The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Waste
Land, and works by other modernist authors does not shrink from the 19th
century view that certain subjects were 'unsuitable' for literature. Their literary
credo went beyond the orbit of the romantic or pastoral canon and embraced new themes.
One of these was the cityscape, toward which Eliot and others had a decidedly
pessimistic attitude, composed in part of revulsion and fascination. Thus, Eliot's early
poetry is transfixed by the cityscape. Indeed, the arrival of modernism signals the
decisive return of western literature to the cityscape, but wearing an almost
apocalyptic vesture. There are a number of strands in this. One is alienation. No longer
is the individual woven into a web of benefical mutuality. Instead, he or she is lost in
the teeming masses of the city. The cityscape of Eliot's early poems continually
reinforces this social decay, an image repeated in the character of the woman in
Preludes, whose inner self has been corrupted by her sordid life in
the city slums:

The thousand sordid
images
Of which your soul was
constituted;
(Preludes
ll.26-28)

Atomized humanity caught up in the monotony of
city life Eliot further reinforces by the technique of 'disembodied body
parts':

One thinks of all the
hands
That are raising dingy
shades
In a thousand furnished
rooms.
(Preludes, ll.21-23)

Eliot
conceives of the mass of city-dwellers as uncaring, an indifferent multitude, a kind of
human herd:

Or trampled by insistent
feet
At four and five and six
o'clock;
And short square fingers stuffing
pipes,
And evening newspapers, and
eyes
Assured of certain
certainties,
The conscience of a blackened
street
Impatient to assume the
world.
(Preludes, ll.41-47)

Another
strand is disgust with the dirt, decay, and desolation of the city. To reveal this Eliot
developed a technique of realism, one that appealed in a rapidfire way to the senses,
where the elements of the city themselves constitute the
poetry:

The burnt out ends of smoky
days [smell/taste]
And now a gusty shower
wraps
The grimy scraps
Of
withered leaves about your feet [touch]
And newspapers
from vacant lots;
The showers beat
[sound]
On broken blinds and chimney-pots
[sight]
(Preludes, ll.4-10)

Still
another strand can be described as apocalyptic or visionary. Here a character catches a
glimpse of another reality beyond the miasmic environment of the
city:

And the light crept up between the
shutters
And you heard the sparrows in the gutters
You had such a
vision of the street
As the street hardly understands;
('Preludes'
ll.31-34)

Eliot and other post-war newcomers to the
literary world fashioned a revolutionary diction, where mingled a distaste for the city
with a celebration of it as the true centre of civilization. This literary
accomplishment, founded on an urban imagery, is rightly called
modernism.

 

Relate the classical myth of Pygmalion and indicate how this play follows the myth and where it departs from it

Yes, of course the story of Pygmalion from the Greek
mythology, i.e.,falling in love with his own creation -the ivory statue has inspired G.B
Shaw's play 'Pygmalion: A romance in five acts.' As we know that
 Shaw used to write about women who had self-respect and and a head of their own to know
their emotions, choices and sentiments, e.g., Candida and other
plays. They don't have to depend upon men to decide their fate, instead they themselves
are sufficient and intelligent enough to take a stand on their own in a dignified and
graceful manner.

So,I feel Shaw's play is similar to the
myth when Mr. Higgins and Pickering choose to train Eliza-the flower girl with a heavy
cockney accent in her language, with the mannerisms of a lady. And, at the end,after
doing this job successfully, Higgins wishes her to marry him. So, here there is a
similarity with the myth-if we take the flower girl metamorphosed into a perfect lady by
the phonetician Higgins as his creation, and then a wish to take her as his wife , i.e.,
falling in love with his own work/creation.

But, at the
same time this play differs also largely from the myth in the way that Eliza is a living
modern woman with an independent personality,hre own choices,ceratin ego and
self-respect. She knows what she wants and refuses Higgin's marriage proposal and
marries Freddy. Thus, Shaw differs from the myth as he has not considered an inanimate
object (statue in the myth) but a living flower girl. Another instance of difference is
that he has used mundane and day to day life activities to make the play sound realistic
to audience. The play opens with a dark rainy night with people who have taken shelter
under the roof of a church. So, its somewhat more realistic and near to pactical life
when compared to the original myth.

So,the play is more a
satire on the rigid British class system of that day and a comment on women's
independence which is packaged as a romantic comedy.

What problems or obstacles are unresolved at the end of A midsummers nights dream?

Some of things that remain unresolved, in this play
are:

Oberon does not get what he wanted, which was the boy
that Titania is protecting (her squire).

Bottom is left
with memories of what happened and this leaves him confused and distressed.  The lasting
effect that this will have is unknown.

Lysander and
Demitrius are not aware of why their feelings changed. For Lysander this was remedied
but Demitrius remains under the magical effects iof the flower and we wonder how long
this will last? Will the effects wear off in time ?

Helena
also doubted Demitrius' love for her and this must remain in her mind.  She was under
the impression that they were teasing her in the woods and somehow this must stay in her
mind.  What will the future bring for their relationship.

What are the values associated with liberalism?

I assume that you are asking about liberalism in the
historical sense as opposed to liberalism in the context of the American
conservative-liberal political divide.

If so, the major
value associated with liberalism is the idea that individuals are important and that
they have rights that the government must protect.  This value informs the most
important aspects of liberal systems.  For example, one major aspect of a liberal system
is a limited government.  Liberals believe that government must be limited so that it
cannot trample the rights of its citizens.  As another example, liberals believe in the
sanctity of private property.  Again, this is a case in which they believe the
government must respect and protect a particular right that its citizens
have.

In this way, the most important aspects of a liberal
system go back to one value; the idea that individuals and their rights are
important.